Improvement in bag-holders



N0. 194,155. Patented Aug.`14,1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI L. KLINEFELTER, OF GREEN TOWNSHIP, SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO.

IMPRovEMENT 1N BAG-HOLDERS.

Speccation forming part of Letters Patent N0. 194,155, dated August11.1, 1877; application filed August 2e, 1876.

To all whom t ma/y concern:

Be it known that 1, LEVI L. KLINEFELTER,

of Green township, in the county of Summitand State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in BagHolders, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to hold a common grain-bag so that it maybe filled with grain from a half-bushel or other measure.

In the drawing, Figure l is a view of the holder as it appears beforethe bag is put on. a a' are the elastic supporting-standards, from theupper end of which the bag is suspended, being held by the lever-jaws gg', in the manner hereinafter described.

The supporting-standards a a', which may be made of wood or some otherelastic material, meet at the bottom, and are connected by` a bolt orscrew. Near the center, two legs, b b', are attached. which, with thestayrods c c', hold the supportingstandards in the required position.

. The center-bolt f is provided with a thread and two nuts at each end,by means of which the upper ends of the supporting-standards may bespread more or less, as required.

Fig. 2 is a modification.

To attach the sack for filling, it is held between the supporting'standards and the edges passed over, around, and under the lever-jaws gg.

The elastic supporting-standards a a must have enough tension to keepthe mouth ofthe bag stretched. The levcr-jaws then impart a kind ofoblong shape to the opening, higher at the back thanin'front, whichmakes it easier to pour in the grain.

It will be observed that when the sack is being filled theV edge isclasped between the longer ends of the leverjaws g g and theshoulderjaws h hf, and as the weight is suspended from these lever-jawsit follows that the more Weight in the sack the more lirmly the edgeofthe sack is clasped between the lever-jaws and the shoulder-jaws h h.

To remove the sack after filling, it is only necessary to press on theshorter ends of the lever-jaws g g hard enough to slightly raise thelonger ends, when the sack slips o' by its own weight.

When the bagholder is not in use the stayrods c c may be unhooked at oneend, when the legs b b may be folded at the side of thesupporting-standards a a', thus greatly reducing the amount of spaceoccupied.

The shoulder-jaws h It might also be made ofsome elastic material, orturn on a hinge, so that in removing the sack they could be pushed outfrom under the end of the leverjaws, which it will be seen would alsoVallow the sack to slip oli".

I claim as new- The combination, in a bag-holder, of the lever-jaws g gwith the shoulder-jaws hh', mounted, as described, upon thesupportingstandards a a', whereby the bag,` is securely held by its ownweight when lling, substantially as herein described.

LEVI- L. KLINEFELTER.

Witnesses:

DUDLEY SEwARD, S.A S. KLINEEELTEE.

